Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 11:12:39 01/27/02
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>Well, I have my doubts about van Wely. I can't seem to recall a time where he
>excelled in strong competition. The impression is that most of his rating points
>are accumulated in weaker tournaments compared to other top players. And when he
>does participate in strong tournaments the results are not impressive. Of course
>I could be badly mistaken.
van Wely has an exceptional record on Hoogovens/Corus indeed :)
He also managed some good results. But he should work harder on getting balanced
results; there should be a basis if your good play leaves you, in that case the
basis should help you keep up, and have a basic level for staying at least in
the middle of a stronger field..
Some better results:
He was third in the Rubinstein memorial 2000:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Gelfand,Boris 2681 +161 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6.5/9
2 Shirov,Alexei 2746 +42 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0/9 24.25
3 Van Wely,Loek 2643 +156 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6.0/9 23.75
4 Ivanchuk,Vassily 2719 -11 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5.0/9 19.50
5 Krasenkow,Michal 2702 +7 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 1 5.0/9 18.25
6 Markowski,Tomasz 2568 +76 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 4.0/9 17.00
7 Almasi,Zoltan 2668 -34 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 4.0/9 16.25
8 Movsesian,Sergei 2666 -32 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 4.0/9 16.25
9 Svidler,Peter 2689 -98 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 3.5/9
10 Fedorov,Alexei 2646 -340 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1.0/9
Cat 17
second in Biel GM (also 2000)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Svidler,Peter 2689 +125 ** ½1 ½½ 1½ 1½ 11 7.5/10
2 Van Wely,Loek 2643 +20 ½0 ** 1½ ½½ ½½ ½1 5.5/10 24.25
3 Ponomariov,Ruslan 2630 +36 ½½ 0½ ** ½½ ½½ 11 5.5/10 23.25
4 Milov,Vadim 2626 +5 0½ ½½ ½½ ** ½½ 1½ 5.0/10 22.00
5 Gelfand,Boris 2681 -60 0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 1½ 5.0/10 22.00
6 Gallagher,Joseph G 2514 -169 00 ½0 00 0½ 0½ ** 1.5/10
Cat 16
Fourth in Amber-rapid (2000)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Shirov,Alexei 2751 +144 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8.5/11
2 Ivanchuk,Vassily 2709 +147 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8.0/11
3 Topalov,Veselin 2702 +45 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 6.5/11 32.50
4 Van Wely,Loek 2646 +106 0 0 1 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6.5/11 32.25
5 Gelfand,Boris 2692 +23 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0/11 28.25
6 Kramnik,Vladimir 2758 -48 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6.0/11 26.50
7 Anand,Viswanathan 2769 -92 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5.5/11
8 Karpov,Anatoly 2696 -45 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 5.0/11
9 Piket,Jeroen 2633 -10 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 4.5/11
10 Nikolic,Predrag 2659 -108 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 3.5/11
11 Lautier,Joel 2632 -118 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3.0/11 16.00
12 Ljubojevic,Ljubomir 2559 -38 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 3.0/11 15.75
Cat 18
Fifth in the European Championships 2001.
And he should live up to an around 2700 level in the future indeed. Now he sure
will lose some points.
But it's always a good excuse for bad performance anywhere: women. ;)
J.
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